"During a 73 minute period on 9/12/06 at one corner of Nieuw Markt (a nice open square in Amsterdam), I took the following 82 pictures of bicycles. Why? Because sitting there I noticed how remarkably different the whole Amsterdam bicycle scene was from my home, and at the same time certain very clear "Amsterdam Bicycle Trends" appeared I thought might be interesting to point out. I am from the San Francisco area, California, USA."

 

"I added some red annotations to the picture, because it showed so many Amsterdam Bicycle Trends in one picture. First of all, the lady is wearing a nice dress. Second, there are two people riding on this bicycle. Next, she is talking on a cell phone while swerving and navigating through this busy intersection and it doesn't bother her at all. (See below for another 20 pictures of Amsterdam natives chatting on cell phones while riding bicycles.) Next, she is sporting a generator bicycle headlight (dynamo human powered bicycle light, see below for more examples). There is an enormous "work basket" configured on the FRONT of the bicycle, and she has one of the circular rear wheel slide security locks for when the bicycle is parked. Spectacular! If she had a dog along it would be a perfect clean sweep of Amsterdam Bicycle Trends."

> View Brian’s website with the 82 pictures